Images show hundreds of heavily armed police officers surrounding worshipers gathered at Kumbum monastery in Xining, Qinghai province.
Tibetan monastery in western Sichuan province holds public celebrations to mark Dalai Lama’s 80th birth year on first day of Tibetan New Year.
Losang Gyatso, head of the Tibetan language service, speaks with author Michael Buckley, describing recent environmental issues on Tibet’s rivers, some of which feed the Mekong River.
